Download or read book A Beginners Guide to Modern Electronic Components written by R. A. Penfold and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is easy for newcomers to electronics to become confused by the wide range of components currently available. There are now a great many different types of components on offer in shops and catalogues, often with numerous variations on each type. It can be difficult to know your carbon compositions from your metal films, and your diacs from triacs. This book covers a wide range of modern components, including: resistors (including potentiometers), capacitors (of various types), inductors, diodes (including zeners and varicaps), transistors (silicon and germanium), thyristors (including triacs and diacs), opto electronic devices, operational amplifiers, logic integrated circuits, loudspeakers and microphones, meter